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nginx vs OpenLiteSpeed
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | nginx | OpenLiteSpeed |
|---|---|---|
| Language | C | C++ |
| Licence | BSD-2-Clause | GPL-3.0 |
| Stars | 32k | 1.5k |
| Latest | release-1.31.6 | v1.9.3 |
| Last push | 2026-09-30 | 2026-10-06 |
| Release cadence | about 14 days between releases | about 62 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 22 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 7 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
OpenLiteSpeed replaces nginx. Alternatives to nginx →
PartialWeb server with Apache-compatible rewrite rules and built-in page caching for PHP apps.
nginx
- release-1.30.52026-09-15nginx-1.30.5 stable version has been released, with fixes for buffer overflow vulnerability when using ngx_http_v3_modu…
- release-1.31.62026-09-15nginx-1.31.6 mainline version has been released, with fixes for buffer overflow vulnerability when using ngx_http_v3_mo…
- release-1.31.52026-09-02nginx-1.31.5 mainline version has been released, featuring control API, predicate locations, client_body_early_read dir…
- release-1.31.42026-08-19nginx-1.31.4 mainline version has been released.
- release-1.30.42026-07-15nginx-1.30.4 stable version has been released, with fixes for buffer overflow vulnerability when using map with regex (…
OpenLiteSpeed
- v1.9.32026-09-30Security and protocol hardening
- v1.9.22026-08-06HTTP/2, HTTP/3 protocol hardening, improve nodejs process manager
- v1.9.12026-06-30Code hardening, HTTP2/HTTP3 protocol hardening, PCRE2
- v1.9.0.12026-04-22New WebAdmin, ACME, SCGI, uWSGI
- v1.8.52026-01-08Minor bug fixes in HTTP2, HTTP3, PROXY, nodejs app, namespace
nginx
unsigned The latest release, release-1.31.6, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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OpenLiteSpeed
unsigned The latest release, v1.9.3, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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